Wales: Discover all 157+ Museums, Exhibitions & Discounts

Discover all museums in Wales and find out about the things to see and to do, exhibitions, opening hours, prices and discounts in the list of all museums in Wales, or apply filters and navigate through the map. For an overview of popular museums in Wales, see our list of the best museums in Wales.

Wales is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It is the island of Great Britain and has three UNESCO World Heritage Sites: The Castles and Town walls of King Edward I in Gwynedd; Pontcysyllte Aqueduct; and the Blaenavon Industrial Landscape.

The most important museum is The National Museum Wales that is made up of seven sites across the country, including the National Museum Cardiff, St Fagans National History Museum and Big Pit National Coal Museum.

Reviews

This is what people say about museums in Wales.

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Iain about

Caernarfon Castle

Never got to see any of it the height of summer kids still at school yet 2 well behaved dogs not allowed in because Cadw are scared that they will bring the castle down! Suppose I’m not out of pocket all historical places should be free of charge £14

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• 15 Jul 2026
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David about

Big Pit National Coal Museum

Really interesting museum. Don’t miss the Underground Tour (book in advance). Sally, our guide, was brilliant - both very knowledgeable and very personable.

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• 15 Apr 2026
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Abrar about

Cardiff Castle

I had a wonderful experience visiting Cardiff Castle, and I can confidently say this visit was the most enjoyable one so far. A huge part of that was thanks to our tour guide, Owen. He was absolutely fantastic, knowledgeable, engaging, and incredi

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• 28 Dec 2025
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Annaliese about

Techniquest

Techniquest is brilliant India is going brilliant at presenting the science theatre shows with so much energy I love science and techniquest

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• 1 Aug 2025
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Vanessa Bramhill about

Big Pit National Coal Museum

This was a five star experience- a must see. Beautifully curated and the staff are passionate as well as knowledgeable. A great experience for our family of seven.

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• 28 Jun 2025
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Janine about

Nantgarw China Works & Museum

Fascinating history told by passionate staff at the Nant Garw china works and museum. Incredible that they have created an almost identical porcelain mix to match the original used 200 years ago and are creating Nant Garw china again. Well worth a vi

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• 1 Mar 2025
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Keith about

Big Pit National Coal Museum

Having a guide who mocked and made a fool of me on several occasions because I am Scottish completely spoiled my visit to the Big Pit. It was very disappointing and has been the only time I have experienced this in Wales. I would never behave like th

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• 15 Sept 2024
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Sreemali about

Swansea Museum

This is is a best museum ever

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• 16 Oct 2023
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Victoria about

Robert Owen Museum

Great museum, loved it!

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• 20 Oct 2022
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Sara about

Penmaenmawr Museum

A lovely, small but quaint village museum . Lots of info on the area's history and local population of by gone times. The museum is spread out as a time line from prehistoric to 1930s showcasing axes , pottery and artefacts found from archeological

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• 20 Jul 2022
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Juliet about

Nantgarw China Works & Museum

We had the most wonderful trip to the Nantgarw Chinaworks last week. We only had one day we could make the tour and this happened to be a very busy day at the Chinaworks but hearing our predicament they very, very kindly agreed to fit us in. We arriv

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• 21 Jun 2022
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Emma about

Caerphilly Castle

Almost empty but not allowing guests in unless booked 24hrs in advance on their website that kept crashing. Staff were rude and unhelpful and no-one of seniority to complain to on site. Covid has robbed Caerphilly castle of common sense!

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• 26 Aug 2020